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    [Noun]  | "fu*til*i*ty" | \ fyü-ˈti-lə-tē \


    1: the quality or state of being futile : uselessness

    2: a useless act or gesture


    Origin: circa 1623 ;

     Borrowed from French and Latin; French futilité, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin fūtilitāt-, fūtilitās (also futtilitāt-, futtilitās) "unprofitableness, uselessness," from fūtilis, futtilis "brittle, fragile (of containers), serving no purpose, pointless" + -itāt- -itās {see: |-ity|-ity} {mat|futile|};

    [Noun phrase]  | "exercise in futility" 


    1: an activity that is not successful or worthwhile

     [ "futility" ]

    1: Performing an action that has no results.

      * e.g.,  ... Andy's futility knows no bounds... He rotates squares in Tetris. 

     [ "futility" ]

    1: the act of being fultile.

      * e.g.,  ... An example of futility is the act of AJ Kinda making a free-throw. 

     [ "futility" ]

    1: An extremely unintelligent attention whore who enjoys posting radical, unsupported claims on internet fora, then insulting anyone who dares disagree. Sometimes a troll. Frequents www.penny-arcade.com/forums. Takes offense to having his name capitalized.

      * e.g.,  ... futility is such troll. Why won't he just give up and die? 

     [ "futile" ]

    1: Pointless and hopeless.

      * e.g.,  ... I ran as fast as I could, but it was futile. The bus was too far away and the driver turned and drove off. 

     [ "Futilize" ]

    1: To make something futile or worthless Just as utilize means to make something utile, futilize means to make something futile.

      * e.g.,  ... If Leah gets an abortion, this will futilize all the bickering over who will be the godparents of the baby. Global warming futilizes the production of fur coats. The weevils will futilize the farm land. 

     [ "It's Futile!" ]

    1: A quote from Ultra Gogeta Blue when he activates his blast counter In Dragon Ball Legends. Mostly associated with the American Bald Eagle cry and Playboi Carti's Song "Cash Shit" guitar remix on earrape. It is usually followed up with "Hope you're ready!", which is what Gogeta Blue says when he uses his blue card that can be combed with the counter to deal damage to the opponent.

      * e.g.,  ... *Opponent uses a blast/blast type blue card while Gogeta's unique gauge is full* Gogeta: "It's futile!" 

     [ "Futilize" ]

    1: To consume something in a wasteful way, to waste something, or find a useless or ineffective use for something

      * e.g.,  ... Our management team is fully futilized in meetings today to discover why our management team doesn't see the value of our daily mangement team meetings. 

     [ "futile" ]

    1: The categorisation use to define an individial (whether it be inanimate or not) whose existance possesses no purpose what so ever.

      * e.g.,  ... "Oh Luke, you are sooo futile!" 

     [ "Futile" ]

    1: Someone who believes they're going to grow up to be a nurse, doctor, lawyer, rapper, singer, athlete, or any other high paying job, but they really grow up to be another typical fuckboy, thot, pornstar (get paid great but is a very disrespected job), work at a fast food joint, or any other low-paying job.

      * e.g.,  ... Girl: I'm gonna be a nurse when I grow up. 

     [ "futile" ]

    1: Miley Cyrus and edward cullen

      * e.g.,  ... they are both useless and in the way doing things that needn't be done and being gay so they are futile 

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